Bottle or carboy crate.



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IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed August 22, 1904, Serial No 221,626.

To all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. LETTELIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the counts,7 of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Bottle or Oarboy Crate, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is to provide a crate that will serveas a protection for a bottle in storage or transportation and will alsoserve as a tilting support to facilitate dispensing the contents of thebottle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a crate with a closure,which when opened may serve as a pivotal support for the crate.

Another object of the invention is to provide for automatic retention ofthe crate-closure in closed position and for convenient release of theretaining means when it is desired to open the crate.

The invention is particularly intended for the storage, transportation,and dispensing of drinking-water in large bottles; but it may be usedfor bottles or carboys of any kind.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.'

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the crate in closed position. Fig. 2is a similar View showing the crate in open position and ready fordispensing from the bottle. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section in a planebetween the crate and closure, the crate being in closed position.

1 designates the body or principal member of the crate and 2 the coveror closure member thereof. Said closure member is pivotally'connected tobody 1, as by means of arms 3 on said closure member pivoted at 4 to thebody member, the pivots being located intermediate the upper and lowerends of the member 1 in such manner that the member 2 can be swungeither to the top of mem ber 1, as shown in Fig. 1, or to the bottomthereof, as shown in Fig. 2. The pivots A are desirably bolts to enablethe cover to be detached. The crate-body 1 is desirably formed as anopen-work box structure, having vertical corner-pieces 5 and slats 6,inclosing it on the sides and bottom. 5/ designates the usual resilientstrips attached to the corner-pieces. The cover member 2 may also beformed as an open-ended box, the sides and closed end thereof beingformed of the slats 7, secured together to form an open-work structure.The supporting-arms 3 are secured to the sides and extend on each sideof the main body member 1, being pivoted to the side slats 6 thereof atabout the center or mid-height of said body member.

It will be understood that when the cover member 2 is swung intoposition above the body member 1 it will act as a cover or closurethereor, and to retain it in this position suitable stops and catchesmay be provided. For example, a stop or abutment 8 is secured at the topof the body member on each side in position for engaging with the rearedge of the arms 3 when the cover is swung up and catches 9, eachconsisting, for example, of a flat spring, secured one at each side ofthe body member 1 near the top thereof and extending from near the frontthereof rearwardly, the outer face of each spring being inclined, sothat as the cover passes to its uppermost position the arms 3 will rideover the outer face of these catches and pass back of shoulders 10thereon, so that the said shoulders will hold said arms in uprightposition to hold the cover in position.

The respective stops and catches are substantially the same distanceapart as the width of the arm 3, so as to prevent movement of the armswhen the cover is in position, and they are so located on opposite sidesof a vertical line through the pivots 4 that the cover will be held inproper position above the top of the body and substantially paralleltherewith.

The shoulder 10 on each spring-catch is formed by bending in the rearend of said spring, which inbent portions pass through the' slots 11 inthe top slat 6 of body l and terminate in rearwardly-extending parts l2,which engage with the inside of the slats to limit the outward movementof said springs.

When the cover is held in its upper position as above described, thedevice is in condition for use in shipping or storing the bottle orcarboy, (indicated at 13.)

By pressing springs 9 they may be withdrawn from in front of arms 3, andcover 2 may then be swung forwardly and downwardly until it touches thefloor. Then by pulling the crate-body forwardly and upwardly it may bemade to ride on the supports 3 and to come into position above thecover, as indicated in Fig. 2, in which position the cover member actsas a base for supporting the body member 1, and the said body member isleft free to turn on the pivots f1, so that it may be tipped to enablethe dispensing of the iuid from the bottle. The pivots A are desirablylocated'about IOO midway of the width of the body member l, so that thelatter with its contents will approximately balance on these pivots.

The details of construction above described may be variously modifiedwithout departing from my invention.

What I claim isl. A crate for the purpose set forth, comprising a bodymember and a cover member having arms on each side, pivoted to the bodymember, and stop means and spring-catches on the body member to engagesaid cover member, said catches consisting ot' springs secured to thebody member and having rearward-extending inclined faces and shouldersto engage the arms on the cover member.

2. A crate for the purpose set 'forth comprising a body member, a covermember provided with arms at two of its sides which are pivotallysecured to the sides ofthe body member substantially midway of itsheight, abutments on two ofthe opposite sides oi' said body at the topandin-front of a vertical line through said pivots, and a catch to therear of each abutment consisting of a shouldered spring', the rearwardend of which is inclined and secured to the side of the body and theother end passes through the side oi' the body and is bent atan angle toform a stop, said shoulder being at a distance from the abutment equalto the width of the arml that tits therebetween.

In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles,California, this 12th day of August, 1904.

JOHN G. LETTELER.

In presence oie- ARTHUR P'. KNIGHT, A. M. HOLLY.

